101 Uses For is popular and let's hope it stays that way. Our second book is presently called 101 tips for self sufficiency; we will certainly dip into this section for ideas. So post away and let's try and get at least one thread up to 101.

So glad I came back across this thread! I'm living in France at the moment, au pairing for kids that don't really speak English. Still I feel awkward using real swear words in front of them, so I'm taking notes!

"Only after the last tree has been cut down,
Only after the last river has been poisoned,
Only after the last fish has been caught,
Only then will you realise that money cannot be eaten"Cree Indian prophecy

Millymollymandy wrote:I bet they still know some English swear words though.

SusieGee wrote:When I lived in The Netherlands 20 odd years ago the schoolchildren across the road from our home seemed to be extremely well versed in obscenities, usually delivered in an American accent! good old tv!

Yeah, I'd have thunk so too, but it seems that the young adults know them all, thanks to a love of the French yoof - UK/US comedy series, but the younger kids don't have a clue.

"Only after the last tree has been cut down,
Only after the last river has been poisoned,
Only after the last fish has been caught,
Only then will you realise that money cannot be eaten"Cree Indian prophecy

American christians I met said 'oh PEAS and RICE' instead of Jesus Christ.

Popular at school:

KRACATOA!

barnacle! spanner!

I must say crikey and twiglet about a hundred times a day.

My mum called an old man in the pub a tw*t once cause she thought it was like saying twit! That was exceptionally funny I then (aged about 14?) had to explain to my mum in front of a pub full of flabberghasted men that a tw*t was like a c*nt

This was our local where the men always apologised if they swore if there were 'ladies present' to which my dad would always say 'that's no lady, that's my daughter!'

Sorry if this is too far a digression from non-swear words had forgotten all about this embarassing incident from my prim and proper mum

Just found and read this thread. It is great! Here are a few of my favorites.
Uvula knocker
toe jam
weed remover (the user of a hoe naturally)
son of a biscuit
flour sack (for when the f is already coming)
mud head
standing at 90 degrees (right angle)
turtle neck